GDC 2018 isn't far off now. The Game Developers Conference will take place between March 19th and 23th this year, once again at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

　　The organizers of GDC 2018 have just revealed the nominees for the 18th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 6:30 pm Pacific Time.

　　Here's a brief on the eligibility criteria and voting jury:

　　Industry professionals from around the world nominate for the awards, free of charge. Any video game that was released and made publicly available during the 2017 calendar year, irrespective of platform or delivery medium, is eligible for nomination for the 2018 Game Developers Choice Awards. Both nominees and winners are selected by the Game Developers Choice Awards-specific International Choice Awards Network (ICAN), which is an invitation-only organization, comprised of leading game creators from all parts of the industry.

　　The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Horizon: Zero Dawn are the two most nominated titles, though there are also plenty of nominations for the likes of Nier: Automata, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Cuphead and Super Mario Odyssey. And yes, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is a contender for Game of the Year.

　　Check out the entire GDC 2018 Choice Awards nominees list below.

　　BEST AUDIO

　　Cuphead (StudioMDHR)

　　Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix)

　　Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)

　　The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

　　Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

　　Honorable Mentions: Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Star Wars: Battlefront II (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom), Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision), Persona 5 (P-Studio / Atlus), Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall / Finji)

　　BEST DEBUT

　　Team Cherry (Hollow Knight)

　　Sidebar Games (Golf Story)

　　StudioMDHR (Cuphead)

　　Infinite Fall (Night in the Woods)

　　Jason Roberts / Buried Signal (Gorogoa)

　　Honorable Mentions: Game Grumps (Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator), Terrible Toybox (Thimbleweed Park), Team Salvato (Doki Doki Literature Club!), Lizardcube(Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap)

　　BEST DESIGN

　　Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

　　Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

　　PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation)

　　The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

　　Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix)

　　Honorable Mentions: Cuphead (StudioMDHR), Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive), What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive), Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Larian Studios), Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (Bennett Foddy), Prey (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)

　　BEST MOBILE GAME

　　Reigns: Her Majesty (Nerial / Devolver Digital)

　　Hidden Folks (Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg)

　　Monument Valley 2 (ustwo games)

　　Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive)

　　Bury Me, My Love (The Pixel Hunt / Figs / ARTE France / Playdius)

　　Honorable Mentions: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Fire Emblem Heroes (Intelligent Systems and Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Old Man's Journey (Broken Rules), Flipflop Solitaire (Zach Gage), Gnog (KO_OP / Double Fine Productions)

　　INNOVATION AWARD

　　Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive)

　　The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

　　What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)

　　Everything (David OReilly / Double Fine Productions)

　　PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation)

　　Honorable Mentions: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory), Cuphead (StudioMDHR), Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix), Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Tacoma (Fullbright), Pyre (Supergiant Games)

　　BEST NARRATIVE

　　Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall / Finji)

　　Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)

　　What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)

　　Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

　　Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda Softworks)

　　Honorable Mentions: Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix), Tacoma (Fullbright), Persona 5 (P-Studio / Atlus), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Larian Studios), Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

　　BEST TECHNOLOGY

　　Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)

　　Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)

　　Assassin's Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

　　Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

　　The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

　　Honorable Mentions: Star Wars Battlefront II (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda Softworks), Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix), Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)

　　BEST VISUAL ART

　　Persona 5 (P-Studio / Atlus)

　　Cuphead (StudioMDHR)

　　Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

　　The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

　　Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall / Finji)

　　Honorable Mentions: Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive), Star Wars Battlefront II (EA DICE / Electronic Arts), Assassin's Creed Origins (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft), Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision), Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory), Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

　　BEST VR/AR GAME

　　Superhot VR (SUPERHOT Team)

　　Star Trek: Bridge Crew (Red Storm Entertainment / Ubisoft)

　　Lone Echo (Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios)

　　Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)

　　The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)

　　Honorable Mentions: Farpoint (Impulse Gear / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (Owlchemy Labs / Adult Swim Games), Luna(Funomena), Robo Recall (Epic Games), Gnog (KO_OP/ Double Fine Productions), Doom VFR (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)

　　GAME OF THE YEAR

　　PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation)

　　Nier: Automata (PlatinumGames / Square Enix)

　　The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

　　Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

　　Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

　　Honorable Mentions: Cuphead (StudioMDHR), What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive), Persona 5 (P-Studio / Atlus), Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory), Gorogoa (Jason Roberts / Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive), Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Larian Studios), Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall / Finji)